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Sovereign Housing Association is teaming up with social enterprise Your Own Place (YOP) to run a free programme to help people who weren’t successful in securing a Sovereign home overcome barriers and secure a place to live. As the cost-of-living...

A pilot scheme geared at helping Islanders who suffer non-injury falls in their own home has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year's Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards. Falls make up a significant number of 999 calls and...

8-year-old Oliver Davies from Buckingham had a day to remember when his family travelled from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight with Wightlink Ferries for their holidays. Mum Rahana Raffell tipped off the company that Oliver was a big fan...

South Western Railway (SWR) has said that getting cover for sick colleagues has been the reason behind the plethora of recent Island Line cancellations. Back in April of this year, 4 new drivers joined the team now that the service...

An East Cowes-based craft brewery wants to open a new Isle of Wight bar in a former shop for collectibles and second-hand items. The Old Curiosity Shop closed in the last 12 months and now an application has been submitted...

The Managing Director of Shanklin Pier, Mr Terry Wood, was fined £10 for putting on unseemly entertainment not suitable for Sunday viewing on this day some 86 years ago. Mr Wood appeared before the magistrates for 4 alleged breaches of...

Sid Ryan Ryde-based punk band Grade 2 returned to the Isle of Wight to play a barnstorming set for their home-based fans at a charity evening at Strings Newport on Friday (23rd June). However, the former Ryde Academy pupils Jack...

Over 40 new jobs are available at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust in preparation for the opening of the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). These new recruits will work in the brand-new facility which will significantly expand and improve...

Nine Acres Primary School received an ungraded Ofsted inspection in May 2023 which suggested that there was enough evidence of improved performance that it could be judged as outstanding if a graded inspection was to be carried out. The inspector...

Working at height in an emergency is always a challenge so when the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) wanted somewhere to perfect their techniques, an Island firm was happy to help. Wight Building Materials (WBM)...